Replay AC1 and AC2 Story Missions on Xbox 360

An Xbox Memory Unit and Transfer Kit make it possible for a user to replay any mission almost directly. You can skip to a point just before an assassination mission, which saves a tremendous amount of time. It takes some money and effort to set this up, but it is well worth it since it makes the game vastly more pleasant to replay.

Note that this process works exactly the same way on both Asssassin's Creed 1 and 2. The main difference is the filename: "assassin.sav" on AC1 and "ASSASSINSCREED2SAVEGAME1" on AC2.

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If you have an Xbox Arcade configuration without a hard drive, you CAN get away with using a single memory unit and running it back and forth between the Xbox and PC. However, it will be more convenient to use two memory units. Treat one of the memory units as your "hard drive" and follow the steps in the video.

Create the following folders on your PC:
MB2 - Tamir
MB3 - Garnier
MB3 - Talal
MB4 - Abul
MB4 - William
MB4 - Majd
MB5 - Sibrand
MB5 - Jubair
MB6 - Robert 1
MB6 - Robert 2

Never start a game using the Memory Unit as your storage device. It only contains "golden" savegames and must not be updated by the game's auto-save mechanism.

Start a new game. Play through the game as you would normally, but archive your savegame each time you've completed your investigations. Quit the game. Copy your savegame from the hard disk to the memory unit. Take your memory unit to your PC and copy it to the folder with the appropriate name (using the Transfer Kit and XPort 360 software). Relaunch the game, talk to the Bureau leader, and continue playing.

If you want to replay an assassination, reverse the procedure. Copy the savegame from your PC to the memory unit using XPort. Then copy from the memory unit to your Xbox hard drive. Your mission will reload in the Bureau. Don't leave for the assassination yet - you still need to talk to the Bureau leader first.

The gameplay isn't the same as when you simply reload a previous memory block from the Animus. This has some benefits and disadvantages. Here are the main differences:
1) You may not have as much health. Ordinarily, the bonus sync bars that you earn by completing viewpoints and save citizens can be applied to previously played Memory Blocks that are reloaded using the Animus. Typically, this extra health only really matters when performing stunt assassinations.
2) You will be penalized for injuring civilians. This also means that you can easily commit suicide to restart an assassination attempt. Just kill a few civilians.
3) You will have more abilities in some missions. For example, if you played Garnier before Talal in Memory Block 3, your savegame of Talal will have throwing knives.
4) You won't have Eagle Vision unless you are fully synchronized.
5) Any new viewpoints and save citizens will not be saved for future gameplay, so you can't build up your sync bar.
6) Flags and Templars will not be saved for future gameplay. This makes it easy to replay Templar assassinations.

Thanks to IanXO4 and mshi for their contributions to this strategy.

There is an analogous process on PS3 and PC. For PS3, see this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF_blZ3tuG4

For the PC, go here:
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/5251069024/m/8521030456

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[farrella111111]

Cant you just use memory stick? eg 2gb

[stabguy36]

@farrella111111 Yes. I believe that ever since the Xbox 360 feature update of April 2010 you can use a regular USB memory stick. That will save some money on hardware/software. Otherwise, the process remains the same. It also works on AC Brotherhood.

[olliekid12]

WOOOOW I HAVE TO REPAT AC1 TO REPLAY PARTS IN AC2..I RATHER STICK WITH REPEATING THE WHOLE GAME IN AC2

[stabguy36]

@olliekid12 No, you misunderstood. AC1 and AC2 are independent games. Doing something in AC1 won't help you in AC2.

The same *process* works to replay story missions in each game. This process is illustrated on AC1 in this video. While you're replaying AC2, backup the savegame before each assassination. It doesn't take much time and then in the future you can replay missions without restarting the game.

[supermanizgay]

i didn't mind watching the cutscenes the first time, but the other 50+ times were hell.

[vaurix]

This is by far the biggest flaw of Assassin's Creed. Never mind the the repetion, this flaw involves REPLAYING that repetition. Seriously, how could the developers allow this? I loved the game, so don't get me wrong, I just can't believe I had to wade through the crap of the game to get to the best parts. I'm seriously hoping this obcenity is addressed in the sequel. Good video none the less, you're very clever to figure all that out! ;P

[stabguy36]

@halofan38 Try a regular USB memory stick first. Microsoft pushed an Xbox update in April 2010 to support them as removable storage. If it works, then you don't have to buy a memory unit or transfer kit.

This video is legit. I still use this procedure on AC2 and AC: Brotherhood.

[halofan38]

@stabguy36 so i have to waste my money over amazon..is this legit???

[RupeeLord]

0:37 Pretty random info, yet it sounds kind of funny every single time.

[sbredflag]

@olliekid12 yes

[olliekid12]

@sbredflag yoo u being sarcastic???!?!

[sbredflag]

@olliekid12 You are a genius.